DESIGN TIP #3 BECOMING VISUALLY AWARE Below is a list of suggestions to help you learn to "see," to promote visual awareness, and to sensitize you to design as a tool for good communication.

1. Look at flyers on a busy bulletin board. Which ones catch your eye? Pick out the elements that make you take notice. Which ones get lost? Why?

 

2. Set up a file with logos, brochures, flyers, newsletters that you find appealing. What is it that makes them appealing?

 

3. Type is an essential ingredient in all graphic design/visual communication. Look at type in magazines and newspapers. Can you identify a trend in type use today? Become aware of type used in headlines, body copy.

 

 

From "Graphic Design on the Desktop: A guide for the non-designer, second edition"
by Marcelle Lapow Toor.

ARCHIVED DESIGN TIPS:

 

View Design Tips 1 :DEFINING THE DESIGN PROBLEM

 

View Design Tips 2 :THE CREATIVE PROCESS

 

View Design Tips 4 :THE FOUR STEPS TO CREATING A SUCCESSFUL PUBLICATION

 

View Design Tips 5 :DESIGNING FOR THE WEB

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